|
Two Medical Clinics (Manhattan,
South Bronx)
ESS’ Medical Clinics provide a comprehensive,
high-quality range of pediatric medicine, child psychiatry, child psychology
and dental services for all foster children in our care. Low-income,
undernourished, children who have been seen irregularly by a healthcare
provider often have under-diagnosed conditions. Foster children appear
to suffer from more severe health issues than the average child due
to such factors as poor nutrition at home, lack of medical attention,
incomplete follow-up by overloaded community clinics, lack of money,
lack of regular schooling, prenatal maternal use of narcotics, and emotional
trauma from being placed in foster care. Many of the resulting medical
issues can be significantly improved with early detection, proactive
medical preventive methods and psycho-education, thereby permitting
children to thrive physically and emotionally – giving them much
better odds for becoming successful adults in the U.S. economy.
ESS’ Medical and Mental Health Program has three
objectives:
- Comprehensive Care: Provide medical/dental/mental
health treatment, developmental assistance, and family interventions
for foster children in our care
- Prevention: Prevent future emotional
and physical diseases through early detection and intervention, education
and provision of anticipatory guidance
- Parent Training: Educate birth and
foster parents about how to care for their family: which critical
services are available, how to detect and treat illness, the importance
of compliance
Our clinics are staffed under the principle of a Home
Medical Model in which the Board-certified specialist physicians coordinate
all diagnostic, preventive, and treatment care for a child and his/her
family.
Back
to top
Sheltering Arms Day Care Services
Sheltering Arms Childrens' Services was a major provider
of daycare and early childhood development programs across New York
City. With its decision to close operations in 2006, Sheltering Arms'
day care programs were acquired by ESS, bringing together two of New
York City's oldest social services agencies. ESS now operates therapeutic
nursery, family daycare, center-based daycare, and Universal Pre-K programs
serving up to 800 children in Manhattan (in Harlem and on the Lower
East Side) and in Brooklyn – expanding ESS' programmatic reach
to allow this vitally important service for low-income families to continue.
Back
to top
| | |
